[She's not throwing murdertantrums at them so that's a marked improvement.
She knows too much about the ochimizu to take that for an innocent comment, and as she turns away from the stall she had been using as her cover, her expression darkens. What does it mean - how did Kaoru come to be involved in this...? Poor reactions to the treatment could mean murderous creatures in the streets of Edo. What does Kaoru expect to do about it, should this man let him know?
...she'll have to interrogate the man. It occurs to her that perhaps he is a representative of the Shinsengumi; the timing is right, after all. They were looking for her father, too. But he could also simply be from the shogunate. Was the Shinsengumi the only group they'd pushed into experimenting with the ochimizu...?
For now, she tries to make herself as unobtrusive as possible and to blend into any crowds that are nearby. Once an opportunity presents itself, she'll approach the old man Kaoru had been speaking with.]
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She knows too much about the ochimizu to take that for an innocent comment, and as she turns away from the stall she had been using as her cover, her expression darkens. What does it mean - how did Kaoru come to be involved in this...? Poor reactions to the treatment could mean murderous creatures in the streets of Edo. What does Kaoru expect to do about it, should this man let him know?
...she'll have to interrogate the man. It occurs to her that perhaps he is a representative of the Shinsengumi; the timing is right, after all. They were looking for her father, too. But he could also simply be from the shogunate. Was the Shinsengumi the only group they'd pushed into experimenting with the ochimizu...?
For now, she tries to make herself as unobtrusive as possible and to blend into any crowds that are nearby. Once an opportunity presents itself, she'll approach the old man Kaoru had been speaking with.]